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Enclosure

Warrenstown, County Kilkenny, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Enclosure, Warrenstown, County Kilkenny, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Warrenstown
County
Kilkenny
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Hachured
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
52.73328, -7.56547
SMR number
KK012-002001-

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1868 · 4. Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

On the crest of a small hill in Urlingford lowlands (Barry 1977, 192). Barry (ibid.) describes this monument and an adjoining enclosure (KK012-002----) to the N as a, 'Double platform site. Northern one 792m²; southern one 325m². Int. banks. Very degraded site and totally overgrown'. It is indicated on the 25-inch OS map as a rectangular enclosure (dims. c. 30m N-S; c. 43m ENE-WSW) with rounded angles, the N side appears to curve outwardly, the other sides being relatively straight. It appears to share a fosse (Wth c. 2m) with the adjoining enclosure to the N which is slightly smaller and aligned NW-SE.

Compiled by: Jean Farrelly

Date of upload: 14 May 2019

References

Barry, T.B. 1977 Medieval moated sites of south-eastern Ireland. British Archaeological Reports, British Series 35. Oxford.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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